Tile-setting apparatus



(No Model.)

A. N. BYERS.

TILE SETTING APPARATUS.

I Patented June 9, 1885.

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TILE-SETTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,449, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed December 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW N. Burns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rising Sun, in the county of W'ood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tile-Setting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

a My invention relates to tile-setting apparatus; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as willbehereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved tile-setter before the tile-sections are put in place. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of two tile-sections in position wardly-projecting arms, B B B connected at their upper ends by flat springs O to the hub or body portion B. The lower ends of the arms B B B are recessed at D, and each of the recesses D is provided with a catchl1ook,E, having an upwardly-extending curved arm, E, against which a spring, E bears to hold the catch-hook E in its normal position, and to return the hook to said position after it has been displaced in detaching the tile therefrom.

F designates the trip-rope, which is con nected to the upper end of the body of the setting fork B, and extends to the Windlass G.

Place the. setting-fork B inside of the tile and draw down the three white-metal wires or cords G G G, and snap the links H at their lower ends into the catch-hooks E. The links bottom tile-section.

should be cemented inside and outside as they are put in place. The cemented sections are then lowered into the well until the top section is even with the top of the well, the next section is put in place, and the operation is continued until the bottom of the well is reached. the eyes J in the guide-ring K, which is to be kept always at the top of the well by sliding it upon the stay-wires to guide the tile. WVhen the well is full, secure hooks L upon the upper edge of the upper tile-section by connecting them with the upper ends of the stay-wires. This will prevent the tilesections from settling apart. The setting-fork B should then be drawn up by the Windlass, and the catch-hooks will release their holds on the links as soon as the trip rope E is drawn upon. The guide-ring or top wire, K, around the upper tile is then removed and the white-metal ropes or cords may be then drawn out of the well.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, with portion B, of the spring-arms provided with the spring-actuated catch-hooks in the lower ends of said arms, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the white-metal cords with links H at their lower ends, of the guide-ring having eyes for said cords, andthe setting-fork with the spring-arms kerfed in their lower ends and provided with spring actuated catch-hooks E, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the white-metal cords with links H at their lower ends and connected to a Windlass for operating them, of the guide-ring having eyes for the cords and the securinghooks and tie-wires, as set forth.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW N. BYERS.

Witnesses:

FRED HOLLAND, JOHN W. SNYDER.

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